Pizzicato is awesome anyway. Example of the greatest pizzicato ever at about 2:51:

Try listening to Andrew Bird. That guy reinvented pizzicato.

Also, I play ukulele (6 months self taught), piano (5 years self taught), alto sax (7 years school taught), a little guitar (1 year self taught), and I sing (2 years school taught). Ukulele is surprisingly the one I'm best at. That's probably just because it's so easy to learn and play.

Hmm. I enjoy the synth as well, but I could never get into playing piano as a main instrument. What do you mainly design? I'd consider musicians and artists similar in some respects.

What I've done so far(for my class projects) is design logos, movie posters, CD covers, book covers, and my favorite, I made decade logos from the '50s to the 2010s. I've already had my guitar for like 5 years but haven't gotten to learning how to play sufficiently yet.

I'm actually very musical. My father taught band and still directs community bands, and both of my parents played french horn in high school.

I started piano when I was five and was accompanying choir and playing in jazz band and playing at churches by seventh grade, and composing by high school. In high school, I played piano for the show choir. (It was no Glee, but it was still fun.) Music groups and performance continued through my college years. I ended up putting together and running a worship band for my church for ten years or so as an adult, along with more composition, and also did recording on my computer and keyboard.

While I was in school, I also played clarinet and oboe, made district band twice, made regional choir, and took pipe organ lessons to the point where I would play pipe organ for some Sunday services. I sight-read and ad lib extremely well (I prefer the latter, since I like listening to what is happening and then contributing in ways that accentuate it, rather than just playing what is on a page).

All three of my children are musical. Two play the piano, one plays the guitar, two sing in choir, and two play the cello.

Originally Posted by guesswho

I wanna play the pianoooooooooooo.

Fuck it's so expensive here. I mean it's about 100$ a month...and you go a few hours. And it's mostly for kids.

They're killing the music with this. What a bunch of pricks. I'm sure there are many people like me who would enjoy playing a musical instrument...but can't.

I can't vouch for the costs and whether they are worthwhile, I just think you should calculate costs and income on the side of the piano teacher and see if it's equitable in terms of making an actual living. I don't think any of them can live off it, unless they're extremely well-known.

Sounds like you have four lessons a month for $25 each. How long are the lessons?

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“Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability. To trace the remote in the immediate; the eternal in the ephemeral; the past in the present; the infinite in the finite; these are to me the springs of delight and beauty.” ~ H.P. Lovecraft

My INTP friend is an amazing musician! He plays several instruments (including the penny whistle!) and does a lot of composing. He's very much into math and how it works with music.

I have an ENTJ friend who plays jazz flute.... *coughs* I accidentaly got trapped into laughing about it while watching Anchorman with the ENTJ....

"Hey Saturned, what do you think of this scene?" says an ENTP friend.
"What the heck is a jazz flute? That looks STUPID!" I say innocently.
"WHAT?!!?!?! I PLAY THE JAZZ FLUTE!!! YOU HAZ NO TASTE!!" Yelled the irate ENTJ.
"Eep!" Me
"hahahahahah" the 3 ENTPs and 2 INTPs I was watching the movie with as well.

I still think when he looks at me he is thinking, "This is a girl who doesn't appreciate the finer things in life. This is a girl to get rid of when I conquer the world."

My INTJ ex played bass and was also learning guitar. As a child he used to play the trumpet, if I recall correctly.
I don't know much about music, but he seemed to have a natural talent for it and was very into the different sounds and effects he could create. It was mostly jibberish to me (the only instrument I could play is the triangle) but it was definitely his primary hobby/interest outside of his art and design. He had a very NT approach to it, a very calculated way focused on tools and technique.